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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa against Sri Lanka in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) SA
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 150.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 36 1434 250.00
1 JH Kallis SA 36 1434 250.00
2 Q de Kock SA 25 1219 212.52
3 F du Plessis SA 26 1166 203.28
4 HM Amla SA 21 1143 199.27
5 AB de Villiers SA 22 931 162.31
6 GC Smith SA 23 842 146.79
7 JN Rhodes SA 30 786 137.03
8 J-P Duminy SA 30 738 128.66
9 L Klusener SA 21 571 99.55
10 DA Miller SA 18 516 89.96

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

CRITERIA: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HM Amla 21 1 1143 5 57.15 56.81 200.00
1 HM Amla 21 1 1143 5 57.15 56.81 200.00
2 F du Plessis 26 4 1166 5 53.00 52.54 184.97
3 DA Miller 18 8 516 2 51.60 51.31 180.62
4 AB de Villiers 22 4 931 7 51.72 51.15 180.07
5 Q de Kock 25 1 1219 7 50.79 49.90 175.66
6 JH Kallis 36 5 1434 10 46.26 49.29 173.54
7 L Klusener 21 6 571 4 38.07 42.58 149.89
8 JN Rhodes 30 9 786 6 37.43 40.05 140.99
9 GC Smith 23 0 842 5 36.61 39.12 137.73
10 J-P Duminy 30 6 738 4 30.75 31.81 111.97

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS L Klusener 571 638 89.50 93.48 200.00
1 L Klusener 571 638 89.50 93.48 200.00
2 Q de Kock 1219 1167 104.46 90.99 194.67
3 AB de Villiers 931 912 102.08 90.93 194.53
4 DA Miller 516 504 102.38 90.06 192.67
5 J-P Duminy 738 801 92.13 84.49 180.77
6 JN Rhodes 786 969 81.11 83.95 179.59
7 F du Plessis 1166 1257 92.76 81.58 174.53
8 HM Amla 1143 1256 91.00 80.87 173.02
9 GC Smith 842 1073 78.47 76.50 163.67
10 JH Kallis 1434 1921 74.65 74.81 160.05

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS HM Amla 154 112 109 103 101 115.80 200.00
1 HM Amla 154 112 109 103 101 115.80 200.00
2 F du Plessis 185 112* 105 96* 75 114.60 197.93
3 Q de Kock 128 121 109 100 94 110.40 190.67
4 JH Kallis 113* 101 100* 87 86 97.40 168.22
5 AB de Villiers 125* 108 96 75 64 93.60 161.66
6 GC Smith 125 99 68 67 59 83.60 144.39
7 J-P Duminy 97 92 66* 53* 38* 69.20 119.52
8 DA Miller 117* 85* 51 41* 39* 66.60 115.03
9 L Klusener 99 60* 54 52* 40 61.00 105.35
10 JN Rhodes 75* 61* 54 53 53 59.20 102.25

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS J-P Duminy 38/20 53/32 38/23 31/21 92/70 139.22 150.00
1 J-P Duminy 38/20 53/32 38/23 31/21 92/70 139.22 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 108/71 52/40 125/98 96/76 30/27 117.33 126.42
3 JN Rhodes 28/21 75/59 54/49 53/52 43/43 116.89 125.94
4 L Klusener 54/41 52/45 60/57 99/96 39/43 112.60 121.32
5 F du Plessis 36/27 185/141 41/34 49/41 43/38 110.80 119.38
6 Q de Kock 78/57 94/70 109/87 55/46 100/84 110.41 118.96
7 JH Kallis 53/26 113/100 82/79 72/80 74/85 106.72 114.98
8 DA Miller 36/21 117/98 85/72 51/47 41/46 102.21 110.13
9 HM Amla 40/23 154/134 77/71 59/59 43/43 100.45 108.23
10 GC Smith 58/44 35/34 68/69 99/106 59/65 97.80 105.37

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP TVO RAT
1 Q de Kock 212.52 175.66 194.67 190.67 118.96 892.49
2 HM Amla 199.27 200.00 173.02 200.00 108.23 880.51
3 F du Plessis 203.28 184.97 174.53 197.93 119.38 880.09
4 JH Kallis 250.00 173.54 160.05 168.22 114.98 866.79
5 AB de Villiers 162.31 180.07 194.53 161.66 126.42 824.98
6 GC Smith 146.79 137.73 163.67 144.39 105.37 697.95
7 J-P Duminy 128.66 111.97 180.77 119.52 150.00 690.92
8 DA Miller 89.96 180.62 192.67 115.03 110.13 688.41
9 JN Rhodes 137.03 140.99 179.59 102.25 125.94 685.80
10 L Klusener 99.55 149.89 200.00 105.35 121.32 676.11

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